January Issue 2014

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EXERCISES

Country in the City

This month: The Rooftop Garden

Read the following text and decide which of the words a-m is missing in items 1-13. There are three extras given.

a./while                       b./resolutions                          c./been            d./well             e./absence

f./rather                       g./incredibly               h./range                       i./with 

j./good                        k./end              l./though                     m./from

WHAT I REALLY REALLYWANT

For questions 1-15, read the given  texts  and think of the tense or verbal structure which best fits each space.

            Ruth Aram – owner of Aram Store

     1.      deal with

     2.      design

     3.      involved

     4.      treat

Saffy Storey – Lighting expert

    5.      draw

    6.      look

    7.      have (yet)

Peter Dore-Smith – Owner of Kaffeine

    8.      open

    9.      require

    10.  set up

    11.  think about

Sebastian Conran – Kitcenware designer

    12.  associate with

    13.  invent

    14.  paint

    15.  have

Tales from a Stone Cottage

Chairman of the Board

For questions 1-15 read the given  text. Use the word given in capitals with relevant number  to form a word that fits the space.

     1.      COMPETE

     2.      CHEER

     3.      CONTRIBUTE 

     4.      ENTIRE

     5.      ENTER

     6.      BORE

     7.      VILLAGE

     8.      IMMEDIATE

     9.      FURY

    10.  CONCENTRATE

    11.  MEAN

    12.  PSYCHOLOGY

    13.  NOTICE

    14.  TRIUMPH 

    15.  HOSPITABLE

           A REAL CLIFFHANGER by TRISTRAM HUNT on the North Devon cliffs

           Read the text and answer the following questions.

1.What does the north Devon coastline look like?

2.Which part of north Devon is called 'Little Switzerland'?

3.Who are the renown poets of Romanticism  once gaining aspiration here?

4.If you are standing atop of Great Hangman what can you see looking around?

5.How rich is the animal life of the region? Name a few!

          Place the following on the map!

ñ Bristol Channel

ñ Exmoor

ñ Lundy Island

ñ Woolacombe

ñ Minehead